MANCHESTER UNITED have been put on alert with Everton expecting to lose Jarrad Branthwaite this summer.
The Toffees are facing a huge summer overhaul at the end of the season, with just 11 senior players currently under contract for next season.
While defender has a deal running until 2027, with an option to extend by another year, senior figures at Goodison Park have already accepted he will depart.
failed in a bid for the England Under-21 international last summer, while SunSport can reveal the Toffees rejected a significant bid from a Premier League rival on deadline day in January.
The Red Devils are expected to return again this summer as they capable of playing Ruben Amorim's style, with the Everton man valued at over £50million.
But United will not be alone. have previously expressed an interest in the 22-year-old and could return should Cristian Romero depart this summer.
With Branthwaite's likely departure and a host of senior figures out of contract at the end of the season, David Moyes knows he faces a frantic summer.
are expected to be one of the busiest clubs in the window and could need up to eight new signings to bolster their squad for a first campaign at their new Bramley Moore Dock home.
recently offered a defiant response to suggestions Branthwaite needed to leave in order to make Thomas Tuchel's England squad.
The Scot said: “I would say to him – Phil Jagielka, Leighton Baines and Joleon Lescott.
“That's three who we brought in who went on to become internationals for England, which was a great achievement.
“Jarrad is in the position that he can easily go on and do that. I think it's a challenge for Jarrad to pick it up and say, ‘Come on, let me show what I can do'.
“This club has developed a number of internationals over the years and we've got a very good goalkeeper [Jordan Pickford] playing for England as well.”
Despite Moyes' hope that Branthwaite will remain in the blue half of Merseyside, those above the ex-West Ham boss have accepted that his fate lies elsewhere.
